They left some dregs at my place, so here's 4 short easter reviews
A couple of old miniatures
1. Mortlach 50yo Juuls Anniversary Bottling 41.7% Gordon and MacPhail
Nose : fresh spicy sweet fruit mango and citrus
Palate : Classical old Gordon and MacPhail. Pine wood, more mango and citrus, absolutely wonderful. Whisky like this is what makes life's worth living. I do enjoy these flavours that is only pressent in very old whiskies. GandM
Finish : Long and delicious with a hint of vanilla custard hitting at later stages
Note : This whisky REALLY benefits from being a morning dram. My fresh palate combined with the great subtleties of this dram makes this an outstanding moment
Rating 95
2. Springbank 37yo Chieftains 46%
Nose : VERY NICE :-), I am still a bit hyped from the Mortlach!. I reckon this is again from a ex-bourbon cask, probably the 2nd fill. Faint hints of citrus on a background of sweet wood spices
Palate : malt, spice, wood, quite powerfull, followed by an impact of those spicy wood notes I only get from old whiskies and I really like that
The finish is medium
Rating 91
3. SMWS 59.37 Teaninich Nov 83-Jun 08, 55.8% 24yo
"For lazy lotus eaters"
Nose: A typical whisky nose with a hint of sweet glue and honey
Palate : Delicious intense concentrated honey. I am allergic to honey but like it so glad to have this notes in whisky. I don't get any lotus.
Finish : medium
Rating 83
4. Glen Keith Càrn Mòr 1990 19yo cask 13676
The lightness of this whisky is really clarified following the other 3. Huge stills or lowlander in style. This a gentle apeterif style whisky. This is more like an Armagnac than a whisky. The style is apples and pears. Lovely
Rating 82
Hi Steffen,
ReplyDeleteYou can send your friends over to my house, if you like. I still have some room for them to forget some bottles too!
Very nice whiskies!